Container and rim therefor



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y my M lm c; M. MaccHEsNEY I CONTAINERl AND RIM THEREFOR Filed June l5,1934 les Patented July 174, 1936 UNITED I; L. I

-oonzrnmcn RIM .'runanronv Chestcr'M MacChesncy, Chicago, Ill., assignorto Acme' Steel-Company, Chicago, Ill., a corporation of AIllinois Y.application .nine 13, 1934, serial No. 730,413

`lhis invention relates to improvements-incontaners and rims thereforand rits purpose` is tc provide an improved container,preferablyfofpolygonal Vcross-section, having a novel form ofreenforcing metal rixn around one `or .both ends thereof. The improved4container is constructed principally of wood and comprises a pluralityof outer wall sections arranged .preferably .in octagonal form and boundtogether toformfa vessel adapted for use asa Asubstitutc for barrelsandthe like in which goods are packedfor shipment.' The outer walls of thecontainer are preferably reenforced and bound togetherby surroundingbindingwires which have-their outer .ends twisted or otherwise securedtogether, with the. intermediate portions thereof staplcdor JotherwiseIastened to` the separate "wall sections.; `The outer wall thus formedis closed at `its ends :byend wall-s or heads, one or 4both of lwhichare secured in place by the improved metal `rim of Vthepresent inventionwhich has an annular "portion extending around the outer vwalls of thecontainer yand :inwardly extending flanges which overlapfthe. ad-`jacent head or endwall.. Theprincipal objectof the present invention is-toprovide anlimproyed sheet metal rim .of polygonal'form comprising'nortions adapted'to engage `and conform to the :sides of the containerand having flanged: portions which are adaptedY to fit closely :theadjacent end wall or head. A further object of theinilention is toprovide a metallic rim `of polygonalI form having an inwardly extending4Harige'stvlulch.is transversely corrugated. lStill another object ofthe invention is to provide a metallic rim of polygonal form havingparts adapted to conform to the outer walls of a vessel and havinginwardly extending corrugated flanges in which the corrugations are ofvarying conguration from end to end of each ange in order to permit theange to fit closely against the head or end wall without destroying thetrue polygonal relationship of those portions of the rim which areadapted to engage the outer wall sections of the container. A furtherobject of the invention is to provide a reenforcing metallic rim ofpolygonal form having angularly disposed body portions adapted to fitclosely against the side walls of a container and having inwardlyextending integrally united flanges adapted to t against the end wall orhead,l these flanges being transversely corrugated with the corrugationstapered adjacent the points where the flanges are united with eachother. Other objects relate to various features of construction andarrangement which will appear more fully hereinafter.

r AThe nature ofA the Ainvention will be understood from `the followingspecication taken with the accompanying drawing, in which one form ofcontainer embodying the improved rim of the present invention isillustrated. `Iii-the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a container ernbodying the improved rimof the present invention with a portion ofthe container broken away; r

y 2 shows a partial enlarged vertical section taken on the line 2-2 ofFig. 1; and

3 is a perspective view of a `portion of the rim when removed from theremaining parts of the container. p I

As illustrated in the drawing, the invention is embodied in a containerI5 which comprises a .plurality of vertical side wall sections I6 whichareso arranged that the container has an `Octagonal horizontalcross-section. For this purpose, each side wall sect-ion I6, which isconstructed .preferably of wood, is beveled along its opposite .upright.edges as shownat I6a and thefi-nclination of these beveled surfaces issuch that onebeveled edge of yeach wall section may be arranged to fitwithin the edge of one-of the next ladjacent wall ySections and `tocontact therewith, as shown in iEig.k 1, while the other `edge islocated on the outer plane as the wall section immediately .adjacentthereto. The wall sections thus have a progressive overlappingrelationship around the contain.- .elt Ait-their lower ends, the wallsections I6 have E a plurality ofseparate cleats II secured .thereto andat their upper ends these wall sections have another series of cleats IBsecured thereto. .All of these cleats are located on the inner sides ofthe wall sections and the end surfaces of the cleats are so beveled thatwhen the wall sections are arranged in polygonal form, as shown in Fig.1, the ends of adjacent cleats in each series contact closely with eachother. A bottom wall I9, of octagonal form, ts within the side wallsections I6 and rests upon the lower cleat I'I, as shown in Fig. 1. Allof these walls are held in assembled relationship by surroundingflexible binders 20 which may be in the form of binding wires secured tothe several side wall sections by staples 2| and having their endstwisted or otherwise secured together as shown at 22. At the upper andlower ends of the container, the staples 2| serve also to secure thecleats I'I and I8 to the wall sections and, if desired, nails 23 mayalso be employed for securing the cleats in place.

'I'he various wall sections I 6 may be secured to the binding wires andto each other by means inserted before the outer walls are secured inassembled relationship by uniting the ends of the wires, and then thecontainer is ready to be lled. After the container has been lled withthe commodity to be shipped therein, the upper end of the container isclosed by a cover or top wall 25 which is preferably in the rform of awooden,

member of octagonal form of the same sizev as the outer dimensions ofthe container to which it is applied. This top wall is placed upon theupper ends of the side walls I6 and is then'secured in place by means ofa metallic rim 26 of Octagonal form having a plurality of dependingportions 26a adapted to conform to and i-lt against the outer surfacesof the upper wall sections I6, and also a series of inwardly extendingtransversely corrugated flange portions 26b which overlie and normallyengage the upper surface of the top wall 25. This metallic rim 26 isplaced over the cover 25 and then the rim is secured to the outer wallsections of the container by driving nails 21 through apertures 26cformed in the portions 2Ga of the rim.

The depending portions 26a of the side walls are outwardly flaredadjacent their lower edges as shown at 26d and the apertures 26 arepreferably punched through the metal at the 'upper edge of thisoutwardly ared portion. The corrugations 26e which are formed in theiianges 26b extend transversely of the flanges and extend parallel toeach other through the intermediate parts of each flange but adjacentthe apices 26r of the rim, these corrugations are tapered, that is, theyare flared outwardly from their inner ends, thus accommodating the metalof the inwardly extending flanges which is brought together at theapices of the rim by reason of the angularity of adjacent sections ofthe body portions 26a. This rim may beformed from a continuous strip ofsheet metal, as described and claimed in the co-pending application ofChester M. MacChesney and Allen B. Wilson Serial No. '730.412, led June13, 1934, and

the overlapping ends of the strip are provided with registering holeswhich are engaged by rivets 29 to form a complete annular rim. This rimmay be conveniently placed over the outer polygonal walls of thecontainer, due to the outward flaring of the bottom portions of thesections 26. The corrugated flanges Zio then rest uponthe adjacent heador end wall 25 and when the nails 21 have been driven through the holes26 into the wall portions I6 of the container, the head is held in xedrelationship to the outer walls and both the head and the walls arereenforced by the surrounding metallic rim.

Although one form of the improved rim has been shown and described byway of illustration, it will beunderstood that it may be constructed invarious other embodiments coming within the scope of the appendedclaims.

I claim;

1. The combination in a container, of outer walls arranged in the formof a polygon, an end wall, and a metal rim extending around andconforming to said outer walls and having a transv ersely corrugatedinwardly extending ange seated against said end wall, some of saidcorrugations of said ange being tapered longitudinally.vr

2. The combination in a container, of outer walls arranged in the formof a polygon, an end wall, and a metal rim extending around andconforming to said outer walls and h-aving a transversely corrugatedinwardly extending flange seated against said end wall, saidcorrugations of said iiange being tapered longitudinally adjacent theapices of the polygon.

3. A rim for containers comprising an annular metal member having a bodyportion of polygonal form adapted to conform to the sides of a containerof polygonal cross-section, said body portion having an annular inwardlyextending flange provided with transverse corrugations, saidcorrugations being tapered longitudinally.

4. A rim for containers comprising an annular metal member having a bodyportion of polygonal form adapted to conform to the sides of a containerof polygonal cross-section, said body portion having an annular inwardlyextending flange provided with transverse corrugations, saidcorrugations being tapered longitudinally ln one direction adjacent theapices of the polygon and being substantially parallel to each other atintermediate points.

CHESTER M. MACCHESNEY.

